Role-playing game
This genre originated from tabletop role-playing games. The user controls a hero or a group that must interact with non-player characters and fight against enemies. They all have various parameters, numerical characteristics, and specific abilities. The gameplay of role-playing games can be turn-based or in real-time. Role-playing games are divided into two types: some are focused solely on combat and provide the player with a wide range of combat skills and weaponry, while others offer greater freedom and allow players to complete certain quests without engaging in battle, using skills such as persuasion, stealth, etc. The second type of role-playing games features a deep world, an interesting storyline, and a large number of side quests.
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Best Games in the Role-playing game genre of 2018 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2014
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
84/100
South Park: The Stick of Truth is a role-playing adventure based on the animated series South Park. In the game you will take control of a new character, which you...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 27 September 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
84/100
Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iPad, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
9.2/10
Special edition of a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting for modern consoles. The game is fully adapted for gamepad control and...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 September 2015
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
92/100
An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2014
Players:
7.2/10
Metacritic:
78/100
Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Third-person view, Fighting, Slasher
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 26 December 2019
Players:
8.7/10
Honkai Impact 3rd is a free-to-play action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in the Japanese style. In the game you have to assemble a team of Valkyries and...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 30 April 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Child of Light is a puzzle-platformer adventure with RPG elements and turn-based combat. The game is based on fairy tales. The events of the game tell the story of...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 23 March 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Metacritic:
83/100
The plot tells the story of the young king Evan, in whose state a coup was carried out, and because of which he was forced to flee. Now, in the company of friends...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2015
Players:
7.3/10
Metacritic:
63/100
Skyhill is a quest with survival elements. The main character ends up in a hotel called SKYHILL, where he rents the safest room on the hundredth floor. And then...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 29 May 2018
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Moonlighter is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world and a Japanese-style isometric camera view. Players will find dark and gloomy dungeons populated by...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
86/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...
